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French labor reforms spark protests

Thousands of people demonstrated in France Wednesday as part a nationwide day of protest against deeply unpopular labour reform proposals.

Young people hold a banner as thousands of people demonstrate on March 9, 2016 in Nantes, western France, as part a nationwide day of protest against proposed labour reforms.
France faced a wave of protests against deeply unpopular labour reforms that have divided an already-fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security. (AFP / Loic Venance)

A young woman shouts slogans in front of a banner as thousands of people demonstrate on March 9, 2016 in Nantes, western France, as part a nationwide day of protest against proposed labour reforms.
France faced a wave of protests against deeply unpopular labour reforms that have divided an already-fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security. (AFP / Loic Venance)

People tag a wall as thousands of people demonstrate on March 9, 2016 in Nantes, western France, as part a nationwide day of protest against proposed labour reforms.
France faced a wave of protests against deeply unpopular labour reforms that have divided an already-fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security. (AFP / Loic Venance)

Protesters clash with police during a demonstration on March 9, 2016, in Lyon, central-eastern France, as part of a nationwide day of protest against proposed labour reforms.
France faced a wave of protests on March 9 against deeply unpopular labour reforms that have divided an already-fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security. (AFP / Jean-Philippe Ksiazek)

A protester holds a placard reading “No” during a demonstration on March 9, 2016, in Lyon, central-eastern France, as part of a nationwide day of protest against proposed labour reforms.
France faced a wave of protests on March 9 against deeply unpopular labour reforms that have divided an already-fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security. (AFP / Jean-Philippe Ksiazek)

A police officer aims a flash-ball at protesters during a demonstration on March 9, 2016, in Lyon, central-eastern France, as part of a nationwide day of protest against proposed labour reforms.
France faced a wave of protests on March 9 against deeply unpopular labour reforms that have divided an already-fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security. (AFP / Jean-Philippe Ksiazek)

Police face protesters during a demonstration on March 9, 2016, in Lyon, central-eastern France, as part of a nationwide day of protest against proposed labour reforms.
France faced a wave of protests on March 9 against deeply unpopular labour reforms that have divided an already-fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security. (AFP / Jean-Philippe Ksiazek)

Police detain a protester during clashes at a demonstration on March 9, 2016, in Lyon, central-eastern France, as part of a nationwide day of protest against proposed labour reforms.
France faced a wave of protests on March 9 against deeply unpopular labour reforms that have divided an already-fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security. (AFP / Jean-Philippe Ksiazek)

Police clash with protesters during a demonstration on March 9, 2016, in Lyon, central-eastern France, as part of a nationwide day of protest against proposed labour reforms.
France faced a wave of protests on March 9 against deeply unpopular labour reforms that have divided an already-fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security. (AFP / Jean-Philippe Ksiazek)

A protester clashes with police during a demonstration on March 9, 2016, in Lyon, central-eastern France, as part of a nationwide day of protest against proposed labour reforms.
France faced a wave of protests on March 9 against deeply unpopular labour reforms that have divided an already-fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security. (AFP / Jean-Philippe Ksiazek)

French green political party Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) militants gather in place de la Republique on March 9, 2016, to write “We are worth more than this” on the pavement with their bodies. France faced a wave of protests on March 9, 2016, against deeply unpopular labour reforms, that have divided an already fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security. (AFP Photo / Dominique Faget)

Girls sit next to cardboard boxes and a placard reading “their profits, our sacrifices”, during the nationwide day of protest against proposed labour reforms, on March 9, 2016 in Nantes, western France.
France faced a wave of protests against deeply unpopular labour reforms that have divided an already-fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security. (AFP / Loic Venance)

Police fire tear gas at protesters during a demonstration on March 9, 2016, in Lyon, central-eastern France, as part of a nationwide day of protest against proposed labour reforms.
France faced a wave of protests on March 9 against deeply unpopular labour reforms that have divided an already-fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security. A protester clashes with police during a demonstration on March 9, 2016, in Lyon, central-eastern France, as part of a nationwide day of protest against proposed labour reforms.
France faced a wave of protests on March 9 against deeply unpopular labour reforms that have divided an already-fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security. (AFP / Jean-Philippe Ksiazek)

A demonstrator holds a placard reading “we are better than that” during the nationwide day of protest against proposed labour reforms, on March 9, 2016 in Nantes, western France.
France faced a wave of protests against deeply unpopular labour reforms that have divided an already-fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security. (AFP / Loic Venance)

Demonstrators protest against the labour reforms on March 9, 2016 in Paris. The placard reads : “Higgh school pupils, students, against labour reforms”. France faced a wave of protests on March 9, 2016, against deeply unpopular labour reforms, that have divided an already fractured Socialist government and roised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security. (AFP Photo / Dominique Faget)

Jean-Baptiste Redde (R), aka Voltuan, holds a palcard reading “El Khomri soap opera, uglier the life” as people gather during a demonstration on the Place de la Republique in Paris, on March 9, 2016, as part a nationwide day of protest against proposed labour reforms. France faced a wave of protests against deeply unpopular labour reforms that have divided an already-fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security. (AFP Photo / Thomas Samson)

A student holds a placard reading: “Labour law. No Thanks” during a protest in Paris, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. Angry unions and youth have entered a show of force with French President Francois Hollande in a day of protests against the government’s effort to tamper with the country’s 35-hour workweek to create new jobs. Several union and student organizations called protests across France on Wednesday to try to kill the bill which has even divided Hollande’s Socialists. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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